Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-02-02
Unger Confesses.
HE TELLS HOW HE KILLED BOIL.

unger ConfeSSeS.
HE TELLS HOW HE KILLED BOIL.
WHAT BECAME OF THE DEAD MANS
HEAD.
CUT FROM THE BODY AND THROWN INTO
EAST RIvER-HOw INSPECTOR BYRNEs
EXPORTED THE CONFESSION
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Edward Tiger,
the murderer of August BOIL, whose body
was found last week in trunk shipped to
Baltimore, has made full confession of
the killing. Unger was arrested on Thurs
day last, and after being short time locked
in his cell he was brought before Inspector
Byrnes. In the room was table on which
had been placed the hammer with which
BOIL was killed, the knife and saw used to
cut up the body, and the rubber cloth in
which the body was wrapped after the
killing. The chair upon which Unger
seated himself was SO arranged that he
could see little else in the room save the
bloody weapons. He was asked if he wished
to say anything. He shook his head, but
suddenly said "Bohl has gone to Chicago
and will turn up in few days." The in
| spector was sitting at the table. He had
| the bloody hammer in his hand and care
| lessly asked Unger what he meant by that.
But Unger would say nothing further then
The sight of the instruments Oh the table
seemed not to affect him, and the chief of
detectives deemed the man stubborn. In
spector Byrnes concluded to say no more to
him at the time, but to confront him soon
and at intervals with people he knew, and
also to confront him frequently with evil
dences of the killing. Mrs. Siegel, wife of
the Brooklyn sausage-maker, was brought
to identify Urger. He was much surprised
to see her, but was not allowed to talk
On Friday he was identified by Mrs. Bense,
the Brooklyn saloon-keeper's wife, whose
husband stored the trunk for Unger while
the latter sought an expressman. Every
| time Unger left his cell he was confronted
by some evidence of the crime of which he
was believed to be the author. A detective
watched constantly at the door of the cell
in hich Unger was confined, but under
fict orders not to respond if the prisoner
attempted conversation, which he did at
times. Being brought many times before
Inspector Byrnes and his own acquaintan-
ees without being allowed to talk at length
rendered Unger irritable and nervous
Friday afternoon Byrnes took the hammer,
saw, knife and rubber cloth to Unger's cell
| and asked if he had not seen them before,
in a manner as though Unger had not been
half dozen times confronted with them
Unger was startled, but said he had never
before seen the bloody tokens. Then he
| was taken to court and remanded. and on
the way back remarked to Inspector
| Byraes, "You are trying to hang me-"
The trunk with the body arrived from
| Baltimore Saturday. The body was sent to
! the morgue. That night Byrnes went to
!. Unger's cell and asked him how he felt
/; "Pretty WELL" said he huskily.
Then the inspector unchecked the cell
door and Detective Hickey called Unger
into the corridor, where the lights were
turned low. The prisoner stepped forth,
but did not see the inspector until the latter
called him by name. AS he turned he saw
Byrnes standing and pointing at the trunk
which held Bohl's dead body. Unger stag
gered at the sight and tottered towards his
CELL Byrnes then took from the trunk a
piece of the murdered mans coat, which
had been used to wrap the body, and hold
| ing it before the prisoners eyes, asked him
where the rest of BobPs coat was. Ungsr
shuddered at the sight of the blood-stiffen-
ed garment, and clasping his hands over
his eyes was about to fall when Detective
Hickey caught him and seated him upon a
couch in the corridor. He sat down upon
it, and removing his hands glanced about
! him.
| Suddenly and with {. startled groan he
sprang to his feet, asking if he could change
his seat, and taking a chair The sofa GA
which he had been seated was the one found
in Unger's reom after his arrest. Unger's
face became CHASTITY pale, and when assist
ed to his cell he was almost in fainting
condition. Inspector Byrnes then told
Cnger he would be near at hand when he
was ready to talk, and when the inspector
returned from supper Unger had asked to
see him. Again Unger was brought to
Byrnes's room, where all the bloody tokens
confronted him.
81 want to tell the whole truth about the
business" he said to the chief
He then told this story, which was TAX
en- in writing: 81 live at No. 90 Ridge
street. | have known August BOIL since
November, 1885, first met him at my
saloon. No. "a Eldridge street. where he
called in answer to an advertisement which
l had pat in the Stats Zeitung for part
ner. We could not agree upon terms, and
| subsequently gave up the business at that
number. l went to live at % Ridge st. A
|
with me, the arrangement being that he
was to pay me half the rent, which was
81 so per month, and one-third the house
hold expenses. On the night of January
20, 1887, after supper, my son Edward left
the house, leaving BOIL and myself in the
rooms. We remained talking and reading
until about $50. BOIL was very power
full man and was swearing about his hard
luck. lie called me a -. | told him
was no -, and put my hand up to shove
him away. He then struck me on the neck
with his fist and knocked me down.
sprang to my feet and attempted to strike
him with poker which had in my hand
BOIL grabbed the poker from my hand, and
at the same time he seized knife from
the table and ran after me. l ran to the
bedroom. He followed me. l picked up
a hammer frem chest under the bed. He
made another lunge at me with the knife,
and l warded is off, receiving slight cut
in the hand. l then struck him with the
hammer. He staggered, and l followed
him up and struck him again with the ham,
mer, the hammer sinking into the skull as
far as the handle. He staggered and fell
back on the sofa dead. This occurred about
ten o'clock P. M. Expecting my son home
every moment, and to avoid my son seeing
what had happened. took the body from
the sofa and put it on the floor close by the
wall. then took Bohl's sleeping cot and
placed it on its side before him, and, lean
ing it against the wall, covered the ends
with some clothes. My son soon came
home, and we went to bed together in the
bedroom.
"'Wbere's Augusta he asked.
"'He's gone out said I.
Con Friday, January 81, as soon as my
boy left the house for his work, went ont
to buy rubber bag to put the body in.
was unable to get the bag, and bought two
yards of rubber cloth at so cents per yard
| bought butchers saw for 80 cents. l
drank much whisky, and got back to the
house at A. NJ. Ispread the rubber cloth
on the floor and laid the body upon it.
then started to cut him up. l first cut the
head from the body, and then laid it aside
and wrapped it in a paper and part of his
clothing. then cut both legs of, and, !
think, the left arm close to the shoulder. ]